Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-12-15
Miscellaneous Items,


| fit to the growing wheat. Much of thu
crop that was considered dead and ru
! ined now presents healthy appearance
The President has recognized Frederick
Meier Consul of the German empire
at ST. Louis, for Arkansas, Colorado, In
dian Territory, Kansas, Missouri, New
! Mexico, Tennessee and st. Clair, Madison
and Monroe counties, Illinois.
An unknown man, supposed TO be named
Dan Hager, German 1aborer, jumped
into the Missouri river at st. Joseph 6
few days ago, and was drowned. He
walked deliberately to the bank, and, IN
dressing, jumped in with only a red un'
dershirt Oh. Bystanders threw ropes and
boards to him, but he refused to take
them, and was drowned. Hager was
thrty-five years old, and no cause was
known for the act.
A warm fight is going ON in the st. 10.
seph School Board over change in the
system of drawing lessons.
Post offices in Missouri have been dis
continued as follows: Empire Prairie, An
drew County; mail to Flag Springs; Pad
gett, Charlton County; mail to Mendon;
Wilmott, Ray County; Mail to Fox.
Kansas City brickla yers demand re-
duced time and increased pay from Janu-
arv 1.
Hundreds of cases of scarlet fever are
reported at st. Joseph, and up to the
present time the city authorities seem tC
have made no effort to prevent the spread
of the disease.
VIM. Gorss, an old German laborer from
Salina, Kas.. was robbed of So, all the
money he had in the world, at Kansas
City few days ago, by a confidence man
whom he met on the train en- route to the
city, the old 81 ,000-bill trick being played
on him. The poor fellow parted with his
last penny to the alleged friend.
Among the pleas in the st. Louis Grim
inal Court recently was that of Annie
Raymond, alias Kansas Annie, charged
with murder in the second degree. stab
bling Jane Carthy, alias Jennie Knight,
on August 81, from the effects of which
she died. She pleaded guilty to man.
slaughter in the second degree, and was
sentenced to four years in the peniten-
tiary.
Two women were arrested in st. Louis
dry goods house a few days ago for at
tempting to pick a pocket-book from a
young lady's pocket. They had been shop
lifting gloves, it is alleged, Just before
they We're arrested for the attempt on the
pocket book. When taken to the -Four
Courts they were recognized by the Chief
of Detectives as Cora Cannon and Mary
Siut SIis "ClA hho"A III pOilCo CIl CIoS.
The City Council of Kansas City at a
recent special meeting to take action on
the charges against Alderman Looney of
violating his pledge of Office in partici-
pating in public contracts, sustained
Alderman Looney by a vote of to 8,
amid considerable excitement.
Shadderick Briggs. colored, was arrest
ed by the United States Ma shall at New
Haven, a few days ago on a charge of
making a false affidavit as to a claim for
q pension made by Channa Rout the
negress who was herself arrested few
weeks ago. Briggs made affidavit that
Mrs. Rout was the person she represented
herself to be. He was taken to Jail.
The citizens of ST. Joseph are making
preparations to boom the town on an ex-
tensive scale.
Mr.. William A. Price, for fifty years
resident of Savannah, Andrew County,
died a few days since. In his death North
west Missouri loses one of the earliest and
best-known citizens. He was born in
Duchess County, N. Y, September 20,
1914, and was the son of a Presby terrain
minister. He leaves a wife and seven
children, two of them residing in st.
Joseph, Mrs. R. w. Potter and Mrs. A. N.
Schuster, wife of Colonel A. N. Schuster
Postmaster Hyde of st. Louis receives
inquiries almost every day from people in
the country asking him to write the names
of st. Louis firms, the lines of business in
which men are engaged there, and for
changes in address of people who have
moved to other parts of the city. They
also ask him to change the yellow labels
on their newspapers, to send their mail to
new addresses and like questions. There
is a big waste pile of such unheard-of re-
quests from people who seem to think that
the postmaster of st. Louis has nothing to
do but answer FOOLS questions.
The ordinance recently passed by the
Kansas City council prohibiting the sale
of liquors and keeping open of saloons
on Sunday. has become law, but the
mayor has taken no action on it whatso-
ever. 1t provides for the revoking of
licenses at the first offense and fine of
$50 to $500. The ordinance was introduced
by Alderman Cox and backed by petit.
ton signed by 40J persons, many of them
prominent ladies'. Social clubs are in
ciuded in the prohibition, and On this
there Wi i probably be fight.
Kansas City is corra1ing her gamblers
The Independence Natural Gas and
Coal Company struck gas at a depth of
five hundred feet, two and one-half miles
southwest of Independence, in the heart
of their 2,500-acre lease of lode for coal.
natural gas and other mineral privil eyes.
The flow thus far is moderate, burning for
twenty feet above the surface of the
earth.
James McGoyern, st. Louis laborer,
tried to commit suicide few days ago by
first hacking himself with an old pocket
knife and then throwing himself into
the River Des Peres. He was rescued
and taken to the hospital in a critical
condition.
The ST. Louis printers strike is ended.
1t cost them defeat and about $40, 900.
The police of Jefferson City recently
captured three negroes as they were in
the act of unloading three barrels of tall
low and dressed hog stolen from the
Penitentiary slaughter house, located be-
low the city, on the river bank.
Southeast Missouri has iron, lead, zinc,
nickel. manganese and copper mines that
have been worked with profit for many
years, also quarries of granite, marble,
lines tone and sandstone that are yield
ing good profits, and millions of acres of
good farming land, not more than one
fifth of which has been cleared for culti-
walton. No part of the State offers more
or better inducements to immigrants.
The National Opera Company lost S.,
600 on its racent st. Louis engagement